MK 9a/b: Truancy Intervention (Facilitator’s Manual)

Today, you can’t do much without having a high school diploma.

Truancy is one of the leading causes of teens not graduating high school, living in poverty, and ending up in prison. Kids are truant for a variety of reasons—friends, poor relationship with teachers, a disconnectedness from their school, lack of interest in class topics, being bullied or teased, low self-esteem, drug or alcohol use, language barriers, lack of adequate social skills, etc. This is the Facilitator’s Manual for helping at-risk teens. Through intervention, training, and curriculum – this program is able to achieve nearly an 80% success rate in recidivism studies.

Through incorporating The Six Pillars of Character®, the Moral Kombat book series meets the specific needs of helping at-risk teens overcome decision-making, substance abuse, truancy, parenting, life skills, and criminal behavior. Consider also purchasing in combination with this product the Student Manual and Student Supplement.

In this program, utilizing cognitive behavioral strategies and approaches, we educate our youth with eye-opening insight into the laws and regulations that, in many states, charges parents with Class C Misdemeanors for each day a child misses school. The program empowers youth to succeed by giving them specific options for overcoming their fears and insecurities. It offers ethical decision-making strategies that work, by teaching them (through a facilitated, mentored environment) proven communication, conflict resolution and negotiation skills. This curriculum is divided for use as a shorter or longer duration curriculum.

About the Moral Kombat Series

The evidence-based pedagogy and methodology are only part of the reasons for the overwhelming response this program has garnered. Moral Kombat allows at-risk students the opportunity to learn from their mistakes while instilling a desire to control and improve their behavior and change their belief systems. Moral Kombat’s 11 year plus success stems from its programs unique combination of experiential and collaborative learning CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and REBT (rational emotive behavioral therapy) for at-risk students. Students learn to take personal responsibility for their actions, the importance of character, and that all actions have consequences, plus more. The Moral Kombat book series was carefully designed to meet the needs of at-risk youth by facilitating self-discovery and decision making skills that students to deal successfully with troubling issues that create problems in their lives.